It has been a whole year today since I first sent my little book out into the world. When I published, Thrive, I did it for myself, with very few expectations in the way of sales, reviews or reach. It is a small book with a small readership written with the simple hope that it [...]
Tag: creative writing
Indie Author Life: Getting The Word Out
Dear readers, I still can not describe to you the joy of knowing my work is out in the world. The thrill I get when I see the little book I put so much of myself into in the hands of others. It is a dream come true and I am so grateful for all [...]
Wild & Improbable Tales – Drifting
We had been floating for days. The mainland long out of sight. With no power and scant amounts of food, people were starting to get desperate. We still didn't understand what had happened, why this little bit of land had just broken off and floated away. Pulled on an invisible current too...where? We still had [...]
#WriteUpJuly – Week 4 (and a bit)
I can't quite believe July has been and gone (where is the year disappearing to?!). Before I share my final round up post for week 4 (and a bit) of the #writeupjuly challenge I want to give a huge shout out to the lovely Emily Morgan of Write Up for hosting it. It's been a brilliant challenge to [...]
The Storm Outside
It's a little after 2am. A storm is raging outside. The sky is bruised purple and edged in sulphur - a roiling, seething mass. Like the ocean defied the bonds of the Earth to threaten us from overhead. It's like no storm I've ever known. I've walked through vicious storms with their erratic bolts of [...]
#WriteUpJuly – Week 3
It’s time for my (slightly delayed) week 3 round up of the #writeupjuly challenge I’m taking part in a over on Instagram, hosted by the lovely Emily Morgan of Write Up. The challenge – #writeupjuly – gives writers the chance to introduce themselves and their current works in progress to the Instagram writing community (which, by the way, is just [...]
Wild & Improbable Tales – Ticket to Nowhere
Thumbing the dog-eared corner of her passport she regarded the departures board. There were no blank pages left: every inch of space was layered with stamps from every corner of the globe. And yet...and still...she longed to keep going. To find some undiscovered corner. To get lost. Utterly lost in thought, she didn't see the [...]
#WriteUpJuly – Week 2
It's time for my week 2 round up of the #writeupjuly challenge I’m taking part in a over on Instagram, hosted by the lovely Emily Morgan of Write Up. The challenge – #writeupjuly – gives writers the chance to introduce themselves and their current works in progress to the Instagram writing community (which, by the way, is just the best [...]
#WriteUpJuly – Week 1
This month I’m taking part in a challenge over on Instagram hosted by the lovely Emily Morgan of Write Up. The challenge - #writeupjuly - gives writers the chance to introduce themselves and their current works in progress to the Instagram writing community (which, by the way, is just the best place) and to engage [...]
Wild & Improbable Tales – In The Lamplight
All was in darkness and silence. Only the feeble glow of the lamp provided any relief. It was in the cone fo that yellow light that I observed him: the little daemon at the foot of my bed. He perched there, unmoving except for the slow blink of his black eyes, and regarded me with [...]
